Swinging curtain-fixture.



G. F. SULLIVAN.

SWINGING GURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLIGATION FILED FEB. 5, 1908.

924,015. Patented June 8, 1909.

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CORNELIUS 1*. SULLIVAN, 01" BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORTO FRANK W. LOWE, OF

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

' A SWINGIN G CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1909.

Application filed February 6, 1908. Serial No. 414,302.

J. ment in Swinging Curtain-Fixturcs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of ourtain rods in which the curtain supporting rod or rod section is pivoted at one end, so that the wholecurtain, supported thereby, may.

be swung to one side ol'the window.

The object of my invention is to provide a construction of the above character which is rigid, durable, and easy 01' construction, and

i which will enable the device to be readily operated and securely held in the different positions to which it may be adjusted.

For an understanding of my invention, reference is'made to the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my device shown as a plied to a window casing. Fig. 2 is a detai view of the upper end of the operating rod. Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 are respectively detail perspective views of the curtainrod-lockinglate, the lower and upper oper ating rod iirackets and the curtain rod bracket. I

In Fig. 1 of the drawing, a pair of curtain rods and their associated devices are shown as applied to a single window,'and as the devices on each half of the window are substantially identical, a description of one set of said devices will sufiice.

As shown in the drawing, a hinge bracket a of angular form is provided, one portion of which is secured to the window casing adjacent its top and side, and the other ortion of which extends outward horizontaily and s provided with a rod receiving aperture 0/ in its end ortion. The curtain rod 1; is provlded wit 1 an angularly bent portion 1), which is extended through-said aperture 0., and an offset end portion 11 which is adapted to engage the under side of the horizontal portion of bracket a, while the main portion of said rod is resting on the upper side thereof, so that said rod (1 is held in a horizontal position, and at the same time is permitted to swing horizontally.

A bracket 0, of angular form, is secured by' its base portion, to the upper end of the window frame, said bracket (projecting at right angles to the casing an having a downwardly inclined notch in its end adapted to receive and hold the free end portion of the rod b. The end of said bracket is inclined inwardly from a point beneath said notch a up to said notch, so that, as the rod 6 is swung against the bracket, it will be guided. or raised up to the entrance of said notch, and will enter the same, and be held therein by gravity.

A combined hinge and locking bracket (1, of angular form, is secured by its base portion to the casing directly beneath the bracket a, said bracket extending horizontally and being provided with an aperture (1 therethrough, and a pair of upwardly projecting lugs d d on the upper side thereof at each slde of said aperture (15'. A hinge bracket e, also of angular form is secured to the casing directly beneath an at a suitable distance below the bracket (1, and is provided with an aperture 6 therethrough in axial alinement with aperture (1.

An 0 crating rod f is provided, which passes t rough said apertures d and e and is rotatably mounted therein, said rod having a handle portion f beneath said bracket e and a right angularly bent or crank portion f a which is ada' ted to rest directly on the upper side of brac et d, to support said rod, the spaces between said lugs d and d being of sufficient width to receive said portion f 2 and hold the same from movement in either direction. Said rod is then extended upwardly at right angles to said portion f 2 and is provided with an eye f at its upper end, through which the curtain rod 1) passes, so that when the rod be swung thereby'm its bracket a.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 5, the internal diameter, vertically, of the eye 1 is somewhat greater than the' diameter of rod 1). The normal position of the arts are shown is rotated said rod 1) will in full lines in Fig. 1 and in ig. 5, in which the inner up er side of the eye f 3 rests on the upper side'o rod 1) and the angular port1onf rests between the lugs 01 looking the rod f against rotation. If it is desired to swing the curtain to the dotted position of Fig. 1, the rod f is ushed u wardl to the position shown in ig. 2, an until its angular portion f is raised above the ends of lugs (P, so that the rod ma then ,be rotated. The lugs 01 are provide so that the curtain rod may be also looked in the dotted position shown, and in order that the angular portion f 2 of the rod f may ride up easily into either notch formed by lugs (1 d. The outer sides of said lugs are upwardly inclined from the upper surface of the bracket (1 the loose connection between said rods f and b permitting. said movement 5 without lifting the rod b.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In combination with a horizontally ex- 10 tending curtain-rod pivotally mounted at one end, and an operating rod rotatabl mounted at right angles to said curtain-r0 having a horizontally extending crank portion and a vertically extending engaging portion provided with an eye at its upper end through which said curtain-rod passes, so that rotation of said operating rod will cause corresponding swin ing motion of said ourtain-rod, substantia ly as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribin witnesses.

CO NELIUS F. SULLIVAN. Witnesses:

L. H. HARRIMAN, H.'B. DAVIS. 

